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In this eye-opening book, Matthew Rose introduces us to one of the most controversial intellectual movements of the 20th century, the "radical right", and discusses its adherents' different attempts to imagine political societies after the death or decline of liberalism. Questioning democracy's most basic norms and practices, these critics rejected ideas about human equality, minority rights, religious toleration, and cultural pluralism not out of implicit biases, but out of explicit principle.

David Hume stands as a towering figure in Western philosophy, but it was his historical writings that truly supported his life. His monumental work, The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, published between 1754 and 1764, captured the imagination of readers across generations. Hume famously noted that the financial success from his books allowed him to achieve independence and wealth. Spanning six volumes, this influential history remains in print today. While both Hume and Thomas Babington Macaulay are celebrated as leading English historians, ...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Nicholas Khan, best known for their role in Transformers. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Malcolm Heath, read by Roy McMillan. One of the most powerful, perceptive and influential works of criticism in Western...